Vail Resorts Jobs

Vail ResortsEmployment Counsel in
Broomfield, Colorado

Reach Your Peak at Vail Resorts. You're someone who pushes boundaries and challenges the status quo. You're brave, ambitious and passionate in everything you do. And we want you on our team. Pursue your fullest potential and never settle in the quest to deliver extraordinary guest service. Join one of the world's most innovative companies and re-imagine a mountain resort experience with us. Welcome to Vail Resorts. Reach Your Peak.

Welcome to Vail Resorts. Reach Your Peak.

Reach Your Peak at Vail Resorts. You're brave, ambitious and passionate in everything you do. And we want you on our team. Pursue your fullest potential and never settle in the quest to deliver extraordinary guest service. Join one of the world's 50 most innovative companies as named by Fast Company , and re-imagine a mountain resort experience with us. Welcome to Vail Resorts. Reach Your Peak.

Welcome to Vail Resorts. Reach Your Peak.

Employment Counsel will be a member of the Vail Resorts’ legal team and will be a strategic partner providing employment-related legal advice to various divisions of the company. The successful candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of employment law experience and will be able to handle a wide range of legal questions with practical solutions, will communicate confidently and clearly with business clients (including executives and front line employees), manage competing priorities and thrive in a fast paced environment.

Responsibilities

Provide legal advice, counsel and support to Human Resources, Employment Investigations, HR Compliance, HR Programs, and senior leaders on an array of employment law matters including accommodations, discipline, compensation, leaves of absences, meal and rest periods, FMLA, FLSA issues, EEO requirements, social media, separations, and policies and procedures in order to reduce legal risk to the company

Prepare responses to EEOC and state fair employment agency discrimination charges and other types of employment-related agency complaints, such as federal and state departments of labor

Monitor state and federal employment legislation and governmental agency enforcement priorities and advise of developments that may or will affect the organization

Assist in the preparation and presentation of legal training to HR and business leaders

Supervise and/or partner with internal and outside counsel in employment-related adversarial proceedings in most effective and efficient manner

Adhere to and support standards and goals of the company and the legal department

Assist in managing legal budgets

Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

JD from accredited law school and active state bar license required

Minimum 5 years’ legal experience focused in employment law, with significant time devoted to advice and counseling; in-house experience with a major corporation strongly preferred

An agile and flexible thinker, with the ability to quickly learn new areas of the law and the business

A resourceful self-starter, results and success-oriented, with the ability to ensure timely follow through by company employees

Willingness to travel to the company’s various resorts, including some overnight travel

Must have a passion for promoting a positive, productive culture that furthers the company mission of "Experience of a Lifetime"

Ability to build credibility quickly and provide strong legal support for complex and challenging business opportunities while positively and successfully managing relationships within diverse groups of stakeholders

A commitment to personal and professional growth, and receptivity to feedback

Preferred Skills

Experience working in a sophisticated in-house legal department

Strong interpersonal skills and customer service orientation

Strong team player with the ability to adapt and work well with a variety of personalities

Superior written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills

We offer a variety of career opportunities at our world-class resorts and corporate headquarters near Boulder, Colorado in fields like Finance & Accounting, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal, Public Affairs & Sustainability, Marketing, Sales & Communications and more. Our corporate team shares both a passion for the outdoors and a drive to re-imagine the mountain resort experience around the world. Learn more at www.vailresortscareers.com